Connecting with baby

Hey dads, a little question for y'all. My hubs isn't much a "baby person". He definitely prefers kids older. He is fabulous with our 4 year old. What ways did y'all find it best to connect with your baby? It seems things I suggest to him don't seem to work. He just seems to get bored easily when playing or taking care of the baby (almost 6 months). So how did y'all connect better with your babe?

Hey dads, a little question for y'all. My hubs isn't much a "baby person". He definitely prefers kids older. He is fabulous with our 4 year old. What ways did y'all find it best to connect with your baby? It seems things I suggest to him don't seem to work. He just seems to get bored easily when playing or taking care of the baby (almost 6 months). So how did y'all connect better with your babe?

We are the odd balls... I play wreastle with my little girl, we have for a couple months now... It drives MIL nuts because she says that DD will become a bully, yet I see it as good ol fun, and it makes her alittle less afraid if she ever needs to stick up for herself or others..

We are the odd balls... I play wreastle with my little girl, we have for a couple months now... It drives MIL nuts because she says that DD will become a bully, yet I see it as good ol fun, and it makes her alittle less afraid if she ever needs to stick up for herself or others..

I never realized that boredom was a reason that you got to stop being a parent. Does that mean I don't have to do anything else until she is 21 because I might be bored?

How did I connect with her at that age, I read to her (she would get bored so it never last long) and I would talk to her and sing to her. We did tummy time. We practiced sitting. I crawled around hoping she would follow. You just do it because it is your job. Yes, its better to enjoy it. But it can be if he just opens up to it.

I never realized that boredom was a reason that you got to stop being a parent. Does that mean I don't have to do anything else until she is 21 because I might be bored?

How did I connect with her at that age, I read to her (she would get bored so it never last long) and I would talk to her and sing to her. We did tummy time. We practiced sitting. I crawled around hoping she would follow. You just do it because it is your job. Yes, its better to enjoy it. But it can be if he just opens up to it.

I totally agree with you! Being a baby means they will have short attention spans and you gotta keep changing it up. He does good at feeding, changing diapers, things like that but when it comes to play time he acts like he has no idea what to do. I've suggested a lot of things that you mentioned. Oh and the only reason I said he was bored was because he loves the interaction he gets with our daughter. Talking, playing, making up stories, etc it hard for him to interact with the babe when he doesn't get the same level of response back.

I totally agree with you! Being a baby means they will have short attention spans and you gotta keep changing it up. He does good at feeding, changing diapers, things like that but when it comes to play time he acts like he has no idea what to do. I've suggested a lot of things that you mentioned. Oh and the only reason I said he was bored was because he loves the interaction he gets with our daughter. Talking, playing, making up stories, etc it hard for him to interact with the babe when he doesn't get the same level of response back.

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